Control.CompanyName Property (System.Windows.Forms)

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CompanyName Property

.NET Framework Class Library

Control..::.CompanyName Property

Gets the name of the company or creator of the application containing the control.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
Public ReadOnly Property CompanyName As String

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As Control
Dim value As String

value = instance.CompanyName

[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public string CompanyName { get; }

Visual C++

[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public:
property String^ CompanyName {
    String^ get ();
}

JScript

public function get CompanyName () : String

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The company name or creator of the application containing the control.

Remarks

The CompanyName property is a read-only property. To change the value of this property, set the Company property value of the AssemblyCompanyAttribute. The following line of C# code sets the CompanyName property.

[assembly: AssemblyCompany("Microsoft")]

Note:
It is strongly recommended that you provide the company name, product name, and product version. Providing this information enables the use of Windows Forms features such as Application..::.UserAppDataPath that make it easier to write applications that comply with the "Certified for Windows" program. For more information, see the "Certified for Windows" topic in the MSDN library at http://msdn.microsoft.com/certification.

Note:

It is strongly recommended that you provide the company name, product name, and product version. Providing this information enables the use of Windows Forms features such as Application..::.UserAppDataPath that make it easier to write applications that comply with the "Certified for Windows" program. For more information, see the "Certified for Windows" topic in the MSDN library at http://msdn.microsoft.com/certification.

Examples

The following code example displays information about the application in a Label contained by a Form. This example requires that the CompanyName, ProductName and ProductVersion have been set.

Visual Basic

Private Sub AboutDialog_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
   ' Display the application information in the label.
   Me.labelVersionInfo.Text = _
      Me.CompanyName + "  " + _
      Me.ProductName + "  Version: " + _
      Me.ProductVersion
   End Sub

private void AboutDialog_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   // Display the application information in the label.
   this.labelVersionInfo.Text = 
      this.CompanyName + "  " + 
      this.ProductName + "  Version: " +
      this.ProductVersion;  
}

Visual C++

void AboutDialog_Load( Object^ /*sender*/, EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
{
   // Display the application information in the label.
   this->labelVersionInfo->Text = String::Format(  "{0} {1} Version: {2}", this->CompanyName, this->ProductName, this->ProductVersion );
}

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

Control Class

Control Members

System.Windows.Forms Namespace

AssemblyCompanyAttribute..::.Company

FileVersionInfo..::.CompanyName